[Air-l] Web-based Surveys

[Ben Davidson]

Open questions.  That reminds me, I need some discourse analysis software.

Anyone got experience in this area?

Ben


----- Original Message -----
From: "John B. White" <john.white at wku.edu>
To: <air-l at aoir.org>
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Air-l] Web-based Surveys


> I find cold-fusion works wonderfully for a middleware solution.  The back
end
> can be almost any database product, so long as the server has the
appropriate
> drivers.  SPSS and SAS can both import tab delimited, ascii text, or in
the case
> of dbf or mdb files, directly query the datatabels themselves to bring the
data
> over analysis.
>
> Using this method requires the researcher or a programer to understand
HTML
> forms, submission, and SQL.  Once you get those down, Cold-Fusion is a
fairly
> easy to learn product with its tag based format.  Homesite is the editor
of
> choice (even above Dreamweaver) although you can use other editors.  I
find this
> particularly useful when i want to use open ended questions.  You can
capture
> rich data in a memo field (in MS Access or other format) and supplement
that
> with more objective, Likert questions and other traditional survey
instruments.
>
> --JW
>
> Ben Davidson wrote:
>
> > Hi Lon,
> >
> > You ask about the practicalitites of designing online surveys with
backend
> > db facilities.  I've just spent a few weeks teaching myself asp/sql code
> > (with substantial help from another listmember here!) to do just that.
> >
> > I'd be interested to hear more about the software you mention, but also
> > skeptical as to its versatility.  It makes me think of Dreamweaver,
which is
> > an excellent tool for building websites, but the amount of times I have
to
> > go into the code and sort out problems leaves me thinking it would be
> > impossible to rely on it alone.  I imagine the same applies to the tool
> > you're aiming to use, and that it is likely to be useful if you are
> > designing lots of web-surveys with back-end db. to speed up the process,
but
> > will not substitute for learning the code.
> >
> > You can see the results of my labours here:
> > http://www.online-supervision.net/RegisterInterest.asp
> >
> > Ben
> > (Available for hire!)
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <Berquist at uts.cc.utexas.edu>
> > To: <air-l at aoir.org>
> > Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 4:42 PM
> > Subject: [Air-l] Web-based Surveys
> >
> > > A few months ago, there was some discussion about online
> > surveys--particularly
> > > regarding methodology and design.  My question is more practical--can
> > anyone
> > > recommend software to design a web-displayed survey that will easily
> > capture
> > > data into a backend database? I've looked at SPSS Data Entry (TM), but
> > would
> > > like to receive recommendations from others who have completed
web-based
> > > surveys and are pleased with the software they have worked with.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Lon Berquist
> > > Telecommunications and Information Policy Institute
> > > The University of Texas at Austin
> > >
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